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The Highlands Art Festival
ColoradoArtWeekend.com is excited to announce our new show in the trendy Denver neighborhood of The Highlands.
The first show of its kind in the Highlands, the Highlands Art Festival will serve the long time residents and new contemporary transplants a fresh an exciting event centered around fine art and fine craft.
The Highlands Masonic Lodge
3550 Federal Blvd, Denver, CO 80211
The art event will be presented on the beautiful grounds of The Highlands Masonic Lodge. The well manicured lawn area provides the perfect early summer setting for a show.
June 10 & 11
10 am to 5 pm each day.
10 years ago we created and built the Park Hill Art Festival. The Highlands neighborhood is a very similar area and has an art loving clientele. Following our Park Hill Art Festival on the previous weekend, the date is also perfect as the first weeks of June in Denver are nothing short of spectacular.
We are excited to share the many special events at the Highlands Art Festival. The ColoradoArtWeekend.com artist awards ceremony, our 2 $1000 art festival shopping spree drawings, and the special performance by Gregg Hansen's "Djembe Orchestras of Colorado".
The art event will be presented on the beautiful grounds of The Highlands Masonic Lodge. The well manicured lawn area provides the perfect early summer setting for a show.
The Highlands Masonic Lodge
3550 Federal Blvd, Denver, CO 80211
The first show of its kind in the Highlands, the Highlands Art Festival will serve the long time residents and new contemporary transplants a fresh an exciting event centered around fine art and fine craft.
Kids Art Area tent, graciously lead by art teacher and BRDG board member Joey Kerlin @radiusstudios - with help from @meganmorganfineartist @zaidasart and other artists.
Come and find us!
Congratulations to each deserving distinguished artist! They will all be exhibiting at our show!
Also our 2022 “Distinguished Excellence“ category award winners are:
At 3 pm on Saturday the 10th of June, we will be drawing for a $1000 Art Festival Shopping Spree!
How do you get a ticket?
Come to the festival and simply ask any artist for a free drawing ticket.
What do I do with the ticket?
Put your ticket "Stub in the tub!" on the steps of the Masonic Lodge Building.
What then?
Be present at 3 pm for the drawing.
A few things to remember.
1. You must be present to win
2. You must be 19 years or older
3. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY .. Your "stub in the tub" is good for our 3 pm Sunday drawing as well!
Gregg Hansen & his “Djembe Orchestras of Colorado” are a Community Based Ensemble of 16 drummers created and conducted by professional musician - Gregg Hansen. They play a unique style of World Music using African drums & percussion and singing Pop Nostalgia songs with three- part vocals.
…This organic ensemble is definitely your outdoors entertainment!
They will “make the earth move under your feet”!
The art event will be presented on the beautiful grounds of The Highlands Masonic Lodge. The well manicured lawn area provides the perfect early summer setting for a show.
The Highlands Masonic Lodge
3550 Federal Blvd, Denver, CO 80211
The first show of its kind in the Highlands, the Highlands Art Festival will serve the long time residents and new contemporary transplants a fresh an exciting event centered around fine art and fine craft.
Kids Art Area tent, graciously lead by art teacher and BRDG board member Joey Kerlin @radiusstudios - with help from @meganmorganfineartist @zaidasart and other artists.
Come and find us!
At 3 pm on Sunday the 11th of June, we will be drawing for a second $1000 Art Festival Shopping Spree!
How do you get a ticket?
Come to the festival and simply ask any artist for a free drawing ticket.
What do I do with the ticket?
Put your ticket "Stub in the tub!" on the steps of the Masonic Lodge Building.
What then?
Be present at 3 pm for the drawing.
A couple of things to remember.
1. You must be present to win
2. You must be 19 years or older.
The show closes at 5 pm for the 2023 year. Visit our other shows at www.ColoradoArtWeekend.com
Our next show will be The Evergreen Mountain Art Celebration June 24 & 25 in beautiful Evergreen, CO. Please join us to see new artists as well as some of your favorites from this show!
Check out this video preview the 100 artists who will exhibiting at this year's show!
“Master Artist” award winner for the 2022 season winner! Peter Freischlag's free-flowing style makes his watercolors unique. Peter is a mood painter creating an impression of his sublet matter through the use of bold and energetic colors. Peter's greatest satisfaction comes from the donation to worthy causes such as Habitat for the Humanity, the American Heart Association, the American Breast Cancer Society, Children’s Hospice House among others and was commissioned by Johns Hopkins in Baltimore where he produced some 50 originals for their surgery wing, Recently, Wake Forest’s University’s new neonatal center approached Peter to paint the signature piece for the entrance to their new center and his 48 x 60 inch “Baby Bear” adorns the entrance. His work is bright and bold watercolors that adhere to wood panels treated with a preservative.
Brett Matarazzo has spent the last 25 years developing a style for contemporary
art that is uniquely repurposed, and environmentally, and socially conscious. His work can be best described as Environmental Photo-Surrealism in mixed media, consisting of acrylic underpainting, subtle ink or paper embellishment, unique transfer and laser etching on hand crafted wood canvases.
Brett passionately runs
BRDG Project non-profit Gallery to develop local business/artist collaborations to
keep art in economically developing Denver communities.
For more information follow him on Instagram @bmatarazzo1 and
@brdgproject and visit tarazzovo.com.
Charles Sherman's work is inspired by a lifelong study of ancient civilizations, world cultures and religions. His philosophy of life and art has always been the same: to promote the positive. The forms he creates are minimalist, conceptual and inspired by sacred geometry. Sherman's most recent body of work, the Miracle Towers, is based on variations of tetrahedron and pyramid forms, in welded and hand-brushed stainless steel, or cold-pressed steel with glass mosaic or various patinas. Sherman's sculptures are designed to emit positive energy to the environment. His intention is to elevate the spirit of the viewer. www.CharlesShermanArt.com
Hester primarily works in silver but also incorporates rubber, gold fill and gold. Her work is clean, modern and timeless. All her work is fabricated, no casting ever.
This means she hammers, files, drills, cut , sands and polishes everything to create her unique style of silver jewelry.
Check out her work on Instagram at hestersjewelry or at www.hestervandiggelen.com
AFRICAN BATIK ART ON COTTON, ALSO REPRODUCED INTO LITHOS AND ARCHIVAL PRINTS. THE ARTWORK IS BASED ON THEMES CREATED BY CO-ARTIST, LUNGALA RUBADIRI. EACH IMAGES REPRESENTS A UNIVERSAL VALUE, SUCH AS FAMILY, FRIENDSHIP, HOPE, HAPPINESS, PEACE AND LOVE.
website is www.nzalamba-artworks.com
From Mike "My Photography covers primarily Landscapes, Americana, and Travel in the American west.
Subjects include wild horses, old neon signs, cowboys, and unique western landscapes."
The Infinity lamps are sculptural and functional art pieces designed to bring light and movement into a space. Their organic curvatures and continuous lines give off a sense of tranquility and harmony. The infinite light path creates a beautiful contrast with the wood, further enhancing the grain and texture of the material.
Made from layers of wood veneer and carefully sculpted by hand to create a smooth and fair shape that is captivating to the eye. From different angles, the sculpture reveals a new and exciting perspective of its free-form design.
Michael W. Vacchiano is a Denver-based artist with a primary focus in figurative oil painting. His work explores traditional tropes with a contemporary edge. Michael’s current work explores the turmoil and inequality within our country today. The allegorical narrative within these paintings reference this uniquely American concept of something being “Western”. By using a contemporary western aesthetic he confronts outdated notions of the American experience and addresses the social and political upheaval within America today. Michael was co-owner and curator of Point Gallery in Denver’s Santa Fe Art District and is currently co-owner of Satellite Exhibition Services, an art fabrication and installation design company.
Vacchiano's work has been exhibited throughout Colorado, and his paintings can be found in a number of private collections throughout the United States and abroad.
Dan Drossman’s work is a visual representation of the human condition. Historical
elements of graffiti, cartooning, and abstraction merge together with his intuitive process
to create a unique language. Marker, acrylic, and charcoal are tools used on canvas
and paper to delve into the psyche with the goal of aligning the medium with mental
states while giving visual cues. Questions arise: Is it possible to connect to a similar
mental state day in day out? How does this translate in the work? What happens
visually when we move into the unknown?
Searching for a balance is one answer. Searching for a visual language that teeters
lines between abstraction and figuration, intellect and emotion, construction and
deconstruction. Speed and pressure of the pen or brush comes into play. Over time
images and patterns have appeared and reappeared via the artist’s subconscious. What meaning if any do we assign to this? It’s an artistic search for facts and fiction, a desire
for meaning and an innate sense to create it.
“Outstanding Emerging Artist“ award winner!
Outstanding Emerging Artist winner goes to Ray Goodluck
Ray Goodluck draws inspiration from animals he grew up around and from his ancestors. From Ray - "Yáh áh tééh. That is greetings in my Native language. I am from the Navajo Nation. My clan is the 'Mud People' and born for the 'One who walks around one'.
Before painting, Ray was an iron worker out of Local 40 in New York City, where he was the first and only Navajo. In April 2019, Ray was working on the new Raiders stadium in Las Vegas, when he was injured on the job site. This injury led to him becoming wheel chair bound, stuck at home frustrated, & having nothing to do but watch TV. In May of the same year his girlfriend saw this frustration and left out a painting set she had got him at Christmas. She hoped it would give him something to focus his time on and ease his frustration while in rehab.
It worked. From this point on, Ray has spent all of his time painting and focusing his attention on making great pieces of art. Ray’s work has already been featured in the “Native American Art” magazine, as well as, a three page feature in “Western Art Collector”.
As a self taught artist, Ray is starting to realized his life's passion.
“Mixed Media Outstanding Innovator“ award winner!
Marilyn's art is reverse painting on acrylics. Yep, she paints in reverse from the most forward elements of the piece to the furthest back. This unique approach garnered Marilyn our winner from ColoradoArtWeekend.com
You have to see it in person to truly appreciate its magic. Her work is inspired by the natural beauty that surrounds her home at the base of the Mt. Evans wilderness area in Idaho Springs, Colorado. Painting in a modern impressionist style, Marilyn's art is infused with brilliant light and color. Her use of textured, bold brush strokes magnifies the vivid impressionist style.
“Distinguished Excellence“ category award winner! "Elemental Materials"
Tina Hoffer is a unique woodworker by blending two of natures alluring elements; wood and stone. Tina creates functional, culinary accessories with her Cutting Boards, Gathering Boards, Serving Platters and Dipping Trays that will elevate your daily or special occasions.
Tina meticulously searches through arborists’ wood lots looking for the perfectly flawed, cracked and knot filled hardwoods that other woodworkers pass by because of these deficits. She chooses smaller pieces of wood that will be enhanced with Stone like turquoise, lapis, malachite or chrysocolla, and inlays these into the cracks and voids. She follows the Kintsugi method of Japanese art , where broken and fractured pottery is mended with gold or silver dust, there by restoring the fragments to a functional and more beautiful piece. http://knotswoodandstone.com/
“Distinguished Excellence“ category award winner! - Fiber
Autumn Tenyl mountain chic clothing for the earth conscious women. Autumn creates each piece with the real women in mind. Feel good ,look good, do good support Colorado made clothing. The work work is a vision of small batch hand-made original and flattering designs. The clothing has timeless styles that fit real women, using fabrics that are durable, luxuriously comfortable, and cozy.
“Distinguished Excellence“ category award winner! - Painting
Mark Jennison uses brush and palate knife work to create impressionistic and expressionist landscape. Trees and mountains play an important in role in most of Mark’s work.
“I fell in love with Colorado on my first visit in 1980.”
The Colorado landscape has had a profound personal impact on him and is a dominant theme in his paintings. He aspires to capture light, texture and patterns of nature and convey grandeur and depth in each painting.
Mark has found a sense of tranquility in painting. His works are a tribute to the inspiration of nature and he hopes that others can find the same peace and solitude through his artwork. He has sold his artwork throughout Colorado and the US, as well as in Europe
Deidre Sappington is a progressive custom stained glass artist, specializing is stained glass pet portraits.
She has been creating stained glass windows and panels since 2015. Her inspiration comes from the transference of light and the emotion that it evokes through Stained Glass. Her love of animals led to specializing in stained glass pet portraits and memorials, where she expertly captures the essence of our adopted family members. Deidre also enjoys creating custom works for her clients, including up-cycling old items with stained glass to give them new life through art.
Click the DOWNLOAD button to get a .PDF file of the entire artist list.
Highlands Art Fest2023 - Artist List & Booths (pdf)
DownloadAt 3 pm on Saturday the 10th of June AND Sunday June 11, we will be drawing for a $1000 Art Festival Shopping Spree!
How do you get a ticket?
Come to the festival and simply ask any artist for a free drawing ticket.
What do I do with the ticket?
Put your ticket "Stub in the tub!" on the steps of the Masonic Lodge Building.
What then?
Be present at 3 pm for the drawing.
A few things to remember.
1. You must be present to win
2. You must be 19 years or older
3. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY .. Your "stub in the tub" on Saturday June 10th is good for our 3 pm Sunday drawing as well!
We are excited to announce the addition of Gourmet Alley to our ColoradoArtWeekend.com shows! Gourmet Alley will be a collection of non-art booths featuring individually packaged fine foods like vinegars, condiments, pickles, preserves, meats, sweets & treats, sauces, dips, jams, jellies, breads, pastas, & more!
Albinelli Blends offers uniquely flavored balsamic vinegars and Extra Virgin Olive Oils made exclusively in our own kitchen. Our mixologist pairs world class extracts and puree's of natural fruits and herbs with our thick, rich imported dark and white, barrel aged balsamics, from Modena Italy. When paired together they burst with
Albinelli Blends offers uniquely flavored balsamic vinegars and Extra Virgin Olive Oils made exclusively in our own kitchen. Our mixologist pairs world class extracts and puree's of natural fruits and herbs with our thick, rich imported dark and white, barrel aged balsamics, from Modena Italy. When paired together they burst with the flavors that would come straight from your garden. Visit albinelliblends.com for recipes, brochures, coupons and more.
Redemption Road Coffee is a single origin coffee roaster with more than delicious coffee in mind. Their goal is to bring good into the world by partnering with farmers to support their communities as well as our own by funding education programs, fighting against sex trafficking and building wells. Learn more at www.redemptionroadcoffee.com
Mile-Hi Sweets and Treats specializes in delicious freeze-dried candies. These yummy treats are run through a freeze-drying process which causes the candy to puff up into light fluffy balls of immense flavor. They have a variety of candies available for sale including options that are sweet, sour, spicy, chocolate, and even sugar-free
Mile-Hi Sweets and Treats specializes in delicious freeze-dried candies. These yummy treats are run through a freeze-drying process which causes the candy to puff up into light fluffy balls of immense flavor. They have a variety of candies available for sale including options that are sweet, sour, spicy, chocolate, and even sugar-free. Make sure to stop by and purchase some treats, or you can order online with shipment anywhere in Colorado from https://www.milehisweetsandtreats.com
We have always had a passion for food. We like to share that passion with people by offering them quality food products. Take a look at our ingredients, on the foods we offer, and you will be amazed by the fact that they are made with very few ingredients. No modified or engineered ingredients to be found. June 10 only!
www.denversugarcube.com
I am a small coffee shop located in Wheat Ridge. I roast my own beans for the shop and for packaging. We serve a variety of coffees, lattes, lemonades and baked goods.
June 11 only!
Mama Kabob is a Denver based food truck, bringing authentic Mediterranean & Middle Eastern flavors to Colorado. Mama Kabob serves plates and wraps with Kabobs, Gyro, Falafel, Shawarma & more! Mama Kabob also served delicous sides and desserts.
https://roaminghunger.com/mama-kabob/
June 10 & 11
Fanwich is a creative sandwich and taco food truck who strives to create the best experience for their customers by producing one-of-kind dishes. Their specialty is their meat—which is pressure cooked to lock in flavor and juiciness—and their vegetarian/vegan Goalie sandwich, which is loaded with fresh vegetables and minced chickpeas.
Fanwich is a creative sandwich and taco food truck who strives to create the best experience for their customers by producing one-of-kind dishes. Their specialty is their meat—which is pressure cooked to lock in flavor and juiciness—and their vegetarian/vegan Goalie sandwich, which is loaded with fresh vegetables and minced chickpeas. You can learn more about Fanwich by visiting their website: FanwichFoodTruck.com.
June 10 & 11
Still Smokin utilizes traditional smoked meats, serving them street food style. They have sandwiches, tacos, lettuce wraps and even a chicken and waffle dish. They have vegetarian, vegan, and gluten free options as well. Try one of their 5 house sauces all made from scratch!
June 10th Only
Wings, boneless, asada fries, sopes, hamburgesas, burritos, tortas, quesabirrias, quesadillas, birria ramen.
June 11th Only
Serving iced herb and milk tea from the mountains of Thailand and refreshing dessert cups filled with sweet fresh fruits and fibers.
June 10th Only
Please reach us at ColoradoArtWeekend@Gmail.com if you cannot find an answer to your question.
Parking is plentiful in the east side lot of the masonic lodge or the surrounding neighbor hood. Please be courteous to our gracious hosts in their neighborhood homes though!
Well behaved dogs are always welcome at our shows.
The festival is free and open to the public.
Restrooms are available at the corners of the festival in the parking lot as well as inside the Masonic Lodge.
See our section on this - click here.
1/3 of the festival is on the parking lot so wheel chairs could navigate that easily. The rest of the festival in on grass.
Gregg Hansen & his “Djembe Orchestras of Colorado” are a Community Based Ensemble created and conducted by professional musician - Gregg Hansen. Hailing from Longmont, Colorado they play a unique style of World Music using African drums & percussion and singing Pop Nostalgia songs with three- part vocals.
…This organic ensemble is definitely your outdoors entertainment!
They will “make the earth move under your feet”
1) Joy to the World (3 dog night)
2) Big yellow Taxi (Joni Mitchel)
3) New Speedway Boogie (grateful dead)
4)Higher Ground (Stevie Wonder)
5) The Beat Goes On (Sonny & Cher)
6)Fanga (trad. Nigeria)
7)Gang of Rhythm (walk off the earth)
…just to name a few….
.When DRUMMING is present in a COMMUNITY it creates a unique bond. Through shared rhythms, we humans experience a subliminal, physical connection that transcends language. Here at Community Drums we believe that drumming is a daily event - like eating, sleeping, walking and talking! Just a “drumming snack a day” can brighten up all that comes your way!
IT’S ALL ABOUT THE VIBRATION. This is one of the main elements when drumming for healing. There are better and best ways to produce the “voice” of a drum.
It takes a little time and focus - but what a payoff!
We will also be hosting a Kids Art Area tent, graciously lead by art teacher and BRDG board member Joey Kerlin @radiusstudios - with help from @meganmorganfineartist @zaidasart and other artists. Come and find us!
This special tent will reach out to community, promote our new home in the neighborhood, and display/ hopefully sell the remainder of the Art-in-the-Round artwork, created & donated from the many amazing Denver Artists at our fundraising event last December - All for purchase at a $150 each.
Are you a FOODTRUCK?
For opportunities visit www.coloradoartshows.com
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